ORCHIDS. 



purple. It is a free grower and produces abundance of 

 flowers. 



A. Dendrobium macranthum. Manilla. Fl. des Ser., 757. 



B. M., 3970. 



Sert. O., 35- 



Pes., 40. 



Pax. Mag., 8, 97., 

 as macrophyllum. 



A pendent species of large growth. Flowers produced 

 two or three together from nodes of stems, after the 

 leaves have fallen ; rosy, pinkish purple, very large, with 

 a strong scent of sweet rhubarb. Blooms in spring and 

 lasts long in perfection. Should be grown in a basket. 

 We have seen this plant with hundreds of flowers, and 

 no finer sight could be wished. 



Dendrobium macranthum giganteum . . War. Orch., 26. 

 Flowers five or six inches in diameter, rosy, with purple 

 eye. A large-growing variety. This plant is commonly 

 found under the name of Dendrobium macrophyllum, which 

 is a very different plant, and a native of Java. It is also 

 called Dendrobium superbum. The variety Dayanum is 

 Dendrobium anosmum. 



Dendrobium macranthum Huttoni. 



A magnificent and very rare variety, with pure white 

 sepals and petals, and deep purple lip. 



Dendrobium macrophyllum. Java . . . B. M., 5649. 



A distinct species with clavate stems bearing three or 



four leaves. Racemes of flowers erect; sepals yellow 



shaded with green ; petals white ; lip yellowish green, 



